Spending Time With Chandy And Her Family....

 We were excited to see Chris and Chandy's new place. 
They are literally in the country just outside Snyder.

It was a beautiful Saturday evening.

Here's Louis Dean's first meeting with great-grandson Jaxon Dean!

He's one month old and just precious!
Chandy had him at 38 weeks and he weighed 5 pounds.

Look how he's already grown!

Love his expression and he looks up at Chandy while holding the baby!

I should have snapped Chandy's face as she looked back at him.

Piercyn and Bella helped get the gifts out of the back of the truck.

I had a tub of snacks that we pulled forward and the kids ate chips and queso using the tailgate as a table. They loved the bag of Clementines! Bella asked me to peel hers and she ate two and her brother ate five! Piercyn asked me why I brought them and I said, "For YOU!"

Kaitlyn is so beautifu!! 

She and Chandy blew balloons up as fast as the kids could play with and pop them!

We all sat around outside and visited.

Except for Chris!

 He is a hard working man and stayed busy the entire time.

He had the four wheeler up so Kaitlyn could give her siblings rides.

He had pulled his huge BBQ set up from Big Springs along with bedroom and living room furniture.

Before he set all that up - he was cooking hot dogs for everybody.

I'm glad I got a picture of Piercyn opening his quilt.

Chandy and the kids spent the night there in the new house with Chris last night and she sent me a pic this morning. Piercyn had the quilt up beside him.

Saturday night's sunset in West Texas!

Chandy sent me this photo of Jaxon Dean this Sunday morning!

He is absolutely adorable!!

Chandy has such beautiful children!

Piercyn is a prefect blend of his mama and daddy.

Love those dimples!

He and I had a lot of fun playing Knock Knock jokes this afternoon!

I had my phone and was belting them out right and left - much to his delight!

Bella's third birthday has been a two day weekend event.

I think she liked her pillow and comforter.

Uncle Dean sent his 55+ years old  metal firetruck from the early 60's with us.

Chris is handier than a pocket on a shirt - as my old friend Jean used to say.

We had a good weekend with the family!

They are in the process of fixing up their recently acquired country home and are moving in as Chris and his crew are working. Chris reminds Louis Dean of himself when he was younger.

Working until he can't go anymore and then sleeping. Then doing it again as soon as he wakes up.

They have some unique pieces of furniture!

Chris has an artist friend who makes these amazing chairs from truck grills.

Here's another one!

Now Louis Dean wants one.

Chandy Girl rolls with the flow and made this whole weekend a success even though the house has no running water yet and the electricity is on a generator that Chris has ingeniously hooked up in such a way as to run his equipment and keep one section of the house that is the most finished cool.

By the time we visit again in December, they will be all in although the house will be 'under construction' for a long time. They got a great deal on this property which is on 4 acres with not one but TWO houses! 10 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms! Chris owns his own flooring company and is a master of so many trades it makes my head swim! He can do it all - electric - plumbing - carpentry - painting - flooring - welding- I don't think there is ANYTHING he can't do and do well!!

The smaller house will serve as his shop - at least for the time being.

To top it off - he's a mean rattlesnake killer!

Last night he killed three!

Plus he killed a really big one by the front door on Friday.

One of the first things he did when he got the keys to the property was to mow!

And cut back the low hanging trees in the front.

He constantly scans the place with his eyes as he walks and works looking for snakes.

He cut the rattle off of this one and gave it to me!

I thought that was so cool!!

*Source*

West Texas is a different kind of place.

Not only does he have to watch for snakes but centipedes and scorpions abound.

He showed us a centipede today that was huge!

While not fatal - they are poisonous.

Another problem critter is the scorpion!

It was like a game Saturday night spotting them on the outside walls and killing them.

Texas, fortunately, does not have any medically dangerous scorpions, it's still a good idea to stay away from them. Removing brush and debris from overgrown areas is the first bit of business when you get a piece of property that hasn't been lived in for a few years. And that's exactly what Chris has been doing.

And finally......

they have bees!!

Honeybees in the side of the house by the bedroom they are using.
Chandy got stung last night so that's another issue Chris is forced to deal with.
I looked up a local beekeeper on the list of Texas Beekeepers Associations in Texas.
There are two listed for Scurry county.
While our association will do cut outs and bee removals in order to keep the bees - as we had done at the ranch a few years ago and that's how Sherry and I became interested in beekeeping - the one I called charged $275 for the removal.
In this day and age you don't want to be killing bees since they are so essential to our crops.
I hope they can find someone who will just come out and relocate the bees.

We have had a good time with Chris and Chandy and the kids.
But now it is time to go home.

And we are going home with new memories to treasure!